Dutch Boy Paint

American paint manufacturer

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Dutch Boy

Product type| Paint
Owner| Sherwin-Williams (1980)
Country| U.S.
Introduced| 1907 (1907)
Markets| U.S.
Previous owners| National Lead Company (1907–1980)
Website| dutchboy.com

The Dutch Boy Group is a paint manufacturing company currently headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1907 by the National Lead Company, the Dutch Boy Paints brand is currently a subsidiary of the Consumer Group division of the Sherwin-Williams Company, which acquired it in 1980, two years after the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's directive banning the manufacturing of lead housepaint went into effect.[1] Modern Dutch Boy paint is a lead-free acrylic paint.

## Trademark

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Original painting done for the National Lead Company and used as the logo

Dutch Boy uses a stylized Dutch child as its trademark. He was painted by Lawrence Carmichael Earle and modeled after an Irish-American lad who lived near him named Michael Edward Brady.[2]

## Products

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* Ceiling paints
* Exterior paints
* Faux finishes
* Interior paints
* Paint samples
* Primers
* Porch and Floor

## References

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1. ^ Jorgensen, Janice (1994). Encyclopedia of Consumer Brands: Durable goods. the University of Michigan: St. James Press. p. 120\. ISBN 9781558623354. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
2. ^ Don Bryant (2010). "Dutch Boy Painter". The Grand Rapids Public Museum. Retrieved 2015-03-12.

## External links

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* Official website

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